"Injection" #3 continues to bring the strange even as it ducks around providing any solid answers, but Warren Ellis and Declan Shalvey's comic might have hidden just enough clues to start figuring out a central mystery.

"We Stand on Guard" #1 introduces us to the 22nd century war between Canada and the United States and, while Brian K. Vaughan's story is interesting, it's Steve Skroce's art that will have readers begging for more.

Eric Stephenson and Simon Gane ensure "They're Not Like Us" #1 is not like any other comic about superpowered youngsters, with a well-characterized and nicely detailed issue that takes a minimal approach.

In "Saga" #23 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, Marko and Alana's marriage is on the rocks in the aftermath of a serious fight, and both Dengo and Prince Robot IV get closer to their goals and quarries.

"Trees" #4 by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard tells compelling stories of two main characters that also reveal more about the mystery of the Trees, in another excellent issue that will snag the few readers who haven't fully committed.

In "Trees" #2 by Warren Ellis and Jason Howard, the Blindhail researchers make a disturbing discovery, a young couple talks of the future of Cefalu and a Somalian president incorporates the Trees into his political strategy.

"Saga" #19 eases the reader back into Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' long-form space opera, as we learn where our heroes have been hiding out in their time off of the grid, and where things are going.

Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' "Saga" #15 is a typically strong issue full of good character work and steadily advancing plot, but it's the cliffhanger ending that will leave readers aching for the next installment.

As Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples continue to expand the world, character interactions and scope of their series with "Saga" #14, it's hard to keep from thinking that it's living up to its name more than ever.

Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore conclude the middle volume of their trilogy with "The Legend of Luther Strode" #6, and while I miss the wonder of the original mini-series, this is still a satisfying comic.

Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore's "The Legend of Luther Strode" #4 ups the violence even as some pieces of story are resolved, but it's lacking the spark that made "The Strange Talent of Luther Strode" so appealing.

"Saga" #8 gives a look on how Alana and Marko first met, and even as Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples subvert normal romantic clichés, it's the familiar affection of family that ultimately carries this issue.

"The Legend of Luther Strode" #1, the first in a sequel to the hit mini-series "The Strange Talent of Luther Strode," has Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore jump five years ahead in time, as Luther has shifted from hunter to hunted.